EHS&S Specialist I/II
About The Position
The EHS&S Specialist assists the site's Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainable Development Head for the implementation of the Environmental, Health, Safety, and Sustainability (EHSS) program. The main part of the mission is to manage the environmental and sustainability part of the site program and coordinates the implementation and maintenance of it with all the site's departments. The secondary part of the mission includes participation in implementing and maintaining the global EHS&S program. By delegation of the EHS&S head responsibilities, this may include participation in incident response, reporting and investigations, risk management, Log Out – Tag Out (LOTO), confined space entry, industrial hygiene, hazard communication, PPE, workers compensation, emergency management, etc. Coordinating with operations to identify and mitigate risks with effective engineering controls, procedures, and training.
Requirements
- Level I: Bachelor of Science degree in an occupational health and safety related field and 1 to 5 years of industry experience as an EHS&S professional or Environmental specialist.
- Level II: Bachelor of Science degree in an occupational health and safety related field and a minimum of 3-8 years of industry experience as a safety professional, or Bachelor of Science in a technical discipline and minimum of 5-10 years’ experience as a safety professional in R&D and/or manufacturing.
- Relevant training and/or certification in regulated safety and environmental activities such as: RCRA Hazardous Waste Management, DOT hazardous materials shipping, First Aid/CPR/AED, 30 Hour General Industry OSHA Certification, 40 Hour HAZWOPER certification, etc.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a cGMP manufacturing environment (biotech, pharmaceutical or medical device industries).
- Knowledge of the operations typical to the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry.
Responsibilities
- Co-design and manages Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) which relates to hazardous waste and wastewater management in accordance with the operating permit, regulations, site objectives and biologic contract development and manufacturing organization.
- Manages measurement and monitoring systems for all types of discharge (water, waste, air) and the consumption of natural resources (water, energy, etc.). Proposes the corresponding performance indicators and reports them into the site's EHS&S dashboard.
- Defines and manages specific equipment and materials in collaboration with the engineering department experts. Manages specific consumables necessary for the proper execution of the program.
- Manages contracts with service providers in these areas.
- Monitors technology and regulations in environmental field and makes proposals for improvement.
- Incident response, reporting and investigations, risk management.
- Log Out – Tag Out (LOTO), confined space entry, industrial hygiene, hazard communication, PPE, workers compensation, emergency management, etc.
- Coordinating with operations to identify and mitigate risks with effective engineering controls, procedures, and training.
Benefits
- annual bonus structure for all employees
- medical, dental, and vision coverage
- paid PTO and holidays
- 401K matching with 100% vesting in 60 days
- employee recognition programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
